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As we all know, most of the wealth of the British Empire comes from British colonies, and Britain once earned more than a billion pounds in India. Coupled with the opium sold to the Qing Dynasty, it made even more money. So Britain has remained strong until now. Endure. Because there are abundant funds in its treasury, the abundant funds make the weapons and equipment of the British ** team very advanced. But only if the Americans supply the most advanced weapons and equipment to the British.

Now the life of the British is not very good, because German submarines are equipped with radars and are able to conduct short-wave communications, so now the sea transport lines on which Britain depends are blocked by German submarines.

In order to prevent the incident of the US ** ship sinking the German submarine again, Ji Feng has already announced an "unrestricted submarine war". and to include the entire eastern Atlantic as a zone of engagement, from which any merchant ship would be torpedoed by German submarines.

Günter Purin's U-47 cruised on a route suspected of being a money-laundering route for the British royal family, and he was accompanied by U-331, U-571 and U-572, all 7C submarines. Although they could not catch up with Günt's 9B, these submarines were in the prime of their careers in terms of the anti-submarine weapons of the British and even the Allies as a whole.

A 100,000-ton superfreighter sailed from the British mainland to the Commonwealth under the protection of two light cruisers and an escort aircraft carrier. Home - Canada. This country. The home is very expansive, but it is also a little cold. But as a faithful Commonwealth . Home, the British royal family still chose to transfer wealth and people to Canada.

This freighter is the "Vostok", with a deadweight of 100,000 tons and a displacement of 51,000 tons, which can be said to be a huge ship. Of course, if it was Ji Feng's time, it would just be a cargo ship with a medium to high cargo capacity.

The U-47's bow torpedo tube quietly opened the torpedo hatch, and the escort carriers did not look much from the outside, because most of them looked similar, and they all looked like heavy cruisers or merchant ships.

Four torpedoes dragged a long bubble towards the British "Vostok", but since the crew did not stand guard wholeheartedly, no one found the four deadly torpedoes. Moreover, it is unknown whether the overloaded freighter will be able to make a nimble turn after the torpedo is discovered.

Each of the four torpedoes was spaced about 6 meters apart, which was a nightmare for such an unarmed merchant ship.

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Four torpedoes worth hundreds of thousands of Reichsmarks rushed at the seemingly harmless British merchant ship.

After four loud bangs, the entire merchant ship was lifted three meters out of the water level. It fully shows that the German torpedoes are very powerful, and it is not a matter of luck that they can sink so many warships. Moreover, because this merchant ship is a bit old, the whole structure is not very strong, and the skeleton structure of the whole ship is not good after the explosion of four torpedoes. The large hole that appeared under the water was not at all what these merchant ships could bear, and the whole ship broke in the middle like a cigar.

The nearby light cruiser immediately went to the rescue of the soldiers who had fallen into the water. And the light escort aircraft carrier actually raised the flag of the United States Navy, and after a series of checks, Purin found that this ship was really from the United States Navy, and it was the Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier "Ontario" (CVE-12) [this is a blind number, but the Casablanca-class is real]. According to the Naval Identification Manual, this aircraft carrier has a capacity of 28 aircraft, which is equivalent to half a light aircraft carrier. For the current German Navy, this is clearly obtainable.

But when Purin thought about it, no, the Yankees are obviously at peace with us, but this is a blatant violation of the "Neutrality Act".

Suddenly, the radio correspondent reported: "Captain, new telegram!" ”

Prinn took it and began to read: "Submarine Command:

Boat ...... Begin...... Unlimited...... Submarine warfare ...... Eastern Atlantic ...... Become a war zone...... A qiē ship...... Without warning...... All sunk.

December 21, 1940"

Pullin looked at it carefully, then again. Immediately understood: it was decided that even if the Yankees caught the little tail, they would not be afraid, and now they could launch an attack on this aircraft carrier. Maybe you can even notify the "German"-class pocket battleships (armored ships) to bring people.

Then Purin commanded to carry out reloading, while advancing at full speed to the other side of the cruiser.

Because of the hydrogen-powered turbines, the submarine's voice was so quiet that the chief engineer, who had not been able to sleep well before, was able to sleep well. This means that the turbine is as silent as possible. The noise generated is even less than 80db, which is too small for today's hydrophones or sonars.

The powerful power brought by the submarine engine at full speed, coupled with the special treatment of the propeller, makes it extremely fast, even reaching an underwater speed of 30 knots. In the blink of an eye to the other side of the cruiser. The torpedo tubes in the stern slowly opened, ready to fire a torpedo symbolizing death at the enemy's light cruisers.

A light cruiser would need only one torpedo to sink it, but if it fails, it will be counterattacked by an unknown number of times more powerful than a destroyer.

In Purin's heart was everything a Prussian officer should have, including imminent danger. Now Purin thinks that every war has a lot of dangers anyway, and instead of waiting here for the enemy to be killed, it is better to launch an attack to kill the enemy first.

This is also the true meaning and connotation of the "Bright Sword Spirit".

You must not be cowardly in the face of a powerful enemy, otherwise it will become a perfect negative teaching material.

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The two light cruisers were British, so there was only one option for Purin to sink them, and there was no other option.

But for the escort aircraft carrier, Prin thought that it could be resolved in a relatively peaceful way, and perhaps it could be captured and enriched into the Imperial Navy. You must know that the young Imperial Navy is very short of capital ships, although this is only an escort aircraft carrier, but after some transformation by engineers, it will definitely be able to become a qualified fleet light aircraft carrier.

For German naval aviation, the key to victory was not the number of aircraft, but the excellence of the pilots. Because of the rotation method, it was very simple for the German Navy to train pilots. Although the overall quality of the pilots is not very high, the focus is on being able to make quick pilot substitutions. This is one of the reasons why the US Navy was able to win the war in the Pacific.

Two electric torpedoes rushed to the British light cruiser. Now the British anti-submarine equipment is so backward that even a Class 2 submarine in a submarine at full speed directly in front of its own destroyer cannot be detected (this has been tested, it is really dropped), let alone a torpedo. For these early seafarers, the only way to spot torpedoes was to observe them with the naked eye. But electric torpedoes don't leave any traces on the water, not even a small string of bubbles. At most, compressed air bubbles appear in the torpedo tubes of the submarine at the time of launch, which is unavoidable, because only then can the torpedo be pushed out of the launch tubes.

Two loud bangs, although the two light cruisers are still advanced, are still insufficient for the German strong charge. Coupled with the weight of the light cruiser itself and the power brought by the explosion of ammunition, the light cruiser was directly gorgeously folded into two sections. The escort aircraft carrier has nothing to do to find submarines, and now his mission is to save the sailors who have fallen overboard.

Purin informed the "Deutschland" task force and sent a request to the escort carrier to stop the ship for inspection.

The escort carrier did not detect the enemy ship, but it received this radio message, so it had to slow down and wait for inspection.

This is largely due to the fact that the fledgling American sailors, who sailed from their home ports to England, had not actually experienced war, let alone such brutal warfare as unrestricted submarine warfare. (U.S. Navy sailors in the early stage of World War II were mainly volunteers, that is, putting on clothes means that soldiers are citizens when they take off their clothes)

Prin kept warning the escort aircraft carrier not to act rashly, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for the arrival of the "Deutschland".

After three hours of waiting, the pocket battleship "Deutschland" and its fleet finally arrived belatedly. She was joined by two heavy cruisers and seven destroyers of the German Navy. Proud "Bismarck".

Purin saw the fleet arrive through the periscope, and the fleet soon began to board and inspect the ship. Then Prin was ready to surprise the "Bismarck" with the flagship, so he moved from 20 meters underwater to the boarding ladder on the side of the "Bismarck". bit, drained the ballast water, and floated to the surface.

The crew of the "Bismarck" and even the entire fleet and the crew of the aircraft carrier were stunned, because they actually saw a submarine silently appear on the side of the "Bismarck", and if it were a British submarine, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The appearance of three other submarines that followed made the Germans sigh: Admiral Dönitz's wolf pack tactics were indeed very sharp.

British: The Germans are despicable, they don't have any chivalry at all.

American: Well, shouldn't this German tactic be reported to the command?

But without the Americans having to think about it, their radio stations have already been destroyed.

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The "Bismarck" fleet was not only a combat fleet, but also a fleet to replenish submarines, with torpedoes, diesel fuel for submarines, and even mechanics and submariners. But Purin obviously didn't need that much, he just needed some torpedoes and food. For these submarine crews who are fighting at sea, the most important thing is to be able to eat fresh food. Even a single meal can boost the morale of the submariners, not to mention the fact that these lads have just sunk so many ships.

The captain of the "Bismarck" and the commander of the entire fleet was Vice Admiral Günter Lütjans, and it was this strange man who sank into the Bay of Biscay with the "Bismarck" in real history. But after Ji Feng's enlightenment, this admiral was obviously a lot wiser.

Most of the U-47 crew were able to take a few hours off in batches, and were able to go up to the submarine supply ship to take a shower or something. In order to maintain the morale of the submariners, there were even barbershops on the submarine supply ships.

After the rearmament, the U-47 docked at the floating dock for hull overhaul, while the entire crew went up to the "Bismarck" to enjoy a celebratory banquet.

The main reason is that the Imperial Navy has successfully captured an escort aircraft carrier, although this aircraft carrier is actually not very large, but it is about to catch up with the "Count Zeppelin" (in fact, the "glaf" of "Graf Zeppelin" means count, and should be translated as a suffix, the front is wrong). This is a good way to clear the minds of the designers of the German Navy, because the lightest aircraft carrier of the enemy with the most war potential (the full load displacement of the Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier is only 10,000 tons) is almost catching up with its heaviest aircraft carrier. Moreover, the two sides have different ships at different times, and the equipment used is also different. Although both the "Count Zeppelin" and the "Hermann Goering" (ship B) have undergone a series of modern modifications, and have been strengthened in terms of aircraft capacity, defense, and range, this is still a ship of considerable age. Lao Meizi's escort aircraft carriers are generally new ships after the Pearl Harbor incident, and some of them are only five months old.

The banquet was a very relaxed banquet, with casual seating, German-inspired dishes and chunks of ham that made all the submariners feel like they were in a foreign land. (Germans are very good at meat, their ham is really scary, so much meat...... ）

In a small corner, Prin and Lütjens enjoyed the foreign minister's first prize, champagne. This kind of thing is not only a celebration thing, but also one of the things that most captains must have. Although most captains prefer champagne, a few prefer brandy. Although he is not very fond of champagne, as a traditional drink, it is very cheap to offer some brandy at such a festive time.

After eating, Plynn was about to take his leave, but Lütjens held him back. He pointed to a note in his hand. It looks like the note was just picked up by a radio operator.

Plynn took the note and read it: "The submarine U-47 is hereby ordered to protect the 'Bismarck' mission formation and escort it to the vicinity of the West English Channel." After completing the mission, he quickly returned home. ”

Lütjans said with a little envy and hatred: "O Pulin, it seems that the Führer is going to give you a promotion again, look at the aircraft carrier captured now, plus the merchant ship you sank. It was the British purchase of Yorktown-class aircraft carriers and a large number of naval ships and other munitions. If they do deliver, the Empire may face its greatest challenge ever. Can you imagine the sight of two aircraft carriers, a dozen escort carriers and a large group of warships attacking us? I think it's going to be hell. (This means that Britain wants to build a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier by an American shipyard, not either the Yorktown Enterprises or the Bumblebee)

Although the sinking of the ship of gold under the water did not play a significant role in the German economy, it was of great strategic importance to Germany. So it's not surprising that Prin will be awarded a medal or something. Purin knew that he would be promoted to lieutenant colonel, and he would also add two small swords to his knight's iron cross, which was also a sure thing.

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It's not so easy in the UK. Because their merchant ship full of hard currency turned out to be out of touch. In addition, the aircraft carrier of the US military was also lost. This made the British top brass really sweat, but after an urgent search by the British Royal Navy's home fleet, only a few mutilated bodies were found on the water.

The British asserted that the ships had been sunk by the Germans, and also rebuked the Germans for not saving them.

The Americans, for their part, also began to support the British internationally because of the loss of their escort carriers. But a report from the Germans made the Americans immediately obedient children -- a report documenting that the US escort aircraft carrier had repeatedly violated the "Neutrality Act." The aircraft carrier was detained by the Germans, who said that it would be used to atone for the crimes it had committed.

But in fact, as soon as the aircraft carrier docked, the port naval gendarmerie drove all the American soldiers off the ship, including Rear Admiral Fletcher, the actual commander of the aircraft carrier. The men will be handed over to Spain for repatriation to the United States.

And the aircraft carrier was driven by the elite engineers of the German Navy to the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, where there was an idle 10,000-ton slipway. The German Navy will transform the escort aircraft carrier into a usable form in the fastest possible time.

This is also the best gift that Pullin gave to Ji Feng as a submarine captain.